Welcome and Opening Remarks

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Welcome and opening remarks from Ian Wardropper, Director, The Frick Collection, and Inge Reist, Director, Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library. This video introduces a series of lectures from the symposium Seen through the Collector's Lens: 150 Years of Photography presented by the Center for the History of Collecting at the Frick Collection on Friday and Saturday, May 8-9, 2015.

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Seen through the Collector's Lens: 150 Years of Photography

Link to video of Malcolm Daniel lecture
49:03

Malcolm Daniel: "Thoughts about the History of Photography Collections and Collecting"

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Link to video of Sophie Gordon lecture
34:25

Sophie Gordon: "Victoria and Albert as Collectors of Photographs"

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Link to video of Marta Weiss lecture
26:07

Marta Weiss: "Madonnas, Goblets and Trees: Collecting Photography at the South Kensington Museum"

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Link to video of Maria Morris Hambourg lecture
33:06

Maria Morris Hambourg: "What Goes Around: Collecting the Modern"

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Link to video of Denise Bethel lecture
39:35

Denise Bethel: "From Book Object to Art Object: Some Observations on the Origins of the Photographs Market"

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Link to video of Philippe Garner lecture
32:24

Philippe Garner: "The Birth of the Modern Auction Market, 1971-1975: A Personal Memoir"

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Link to video of Philip Gefter lecture
43:03

Philip Gefter: "Wagstaff, Mapplethorpe and the Gay Sensibility"

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Link to video of conversation with Jan and Trish de Bont and Denise Bethel
36:31

A Conversation with Collectors Jan and Trish de Bont, Moderated by Denise Bethel

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